Determine State of Motion & Fitness API

[brandonhub]

My Environment

• Version: 1.3.2
• Platform: iOS or Android iOS
• OS version: Latest (13.1)
• Device manufacturer / model: iPhone 8
• Flutter info (flutter doctor):

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, v1.9.1+hotfix.6, on Mac OS X 10.15.1 19B88, locale en-US)

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 29.0.1)
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 11.2.1)
[✓] Android Studio (version 3.4)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.40.1)
[!] Connected device
    ! No devices available

• Plugin config:

Config(
      desiredAccuracy: Config.DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH,
      stopOnTerminate: false,
      startOnBoot: true,
      logLevel: Config.LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
      url: serverUrl,
      autoSyncThreshold: 25,
      batchSync: true,
      preventSuspend: true,
      params: {'userID': <userID goes here>})

Expected Behavior

For there to be some way to tell if the Motion/Fitness API is enabled.

Actual Behavior

There is no way to tell if the Motion/Fitness API is enabled.

Context

This plugin's documentation stipulates a strong emphasis on the Motion/Fitness API to allow for battery-efficient location tracking. It would be great if there was a way we could get the status of this permission so that we can report to the user if is not enabled. I know that the plugin will request the permission the first time BackgroundGeolocation.start (or an equivalent) is called but that isn't enough to determine if the API is enabled or not.

Awesome plugin btw!

[christocracy]

Initially, Apple didn’t make it easy to determine this. You actually had to attempt to turn on updates and check for an error ref != nil.

I think they added an api to determine permission in iOS 11 or 12.

[robrichardson13]

In iOS this function should work to check if they have motion enabled or not. It would be great to get this into the plugin!

EDIT: Looks like the CMSensorRecorder was implemented in iOS 9.

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions. You may also mark this issue as a "discussion" and I will leave this open.

[stale]

Closing this issue after a prolonged period of inactivity. Fell free to reopen this issue, if this still affecting you.